Just days before Ubisoft’s E3 2019 press conference (and shortly after an Amazon UK leak), the publisher confirmed its event would include a reveal of Watch Dogs Legion, the third installment in its Watch Dogs franchise. During Ubisoft’s press conference on June 10, the company showed off quite a bit of gameplay and announced Watch Dogs Legion will release March 6, 2020 for PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Stadia.
While the first two games took place in Chicago and San Francisco, respectively, Watch Dogs Legion moves the setting to a near-future, dystopian London. Interestingly, Legion will let players “recruit” and take control of any NPC in the game, and your character choice will actually affect how the game plays out.
Whether you’re new to Watch Dogs or a longtime fan of the series, you might be wondering where you can pre-order Watch Dogs Legion now (that’s why you’re here, right?). Here’s all the info you need before pre-ordering, including details on Watch Dogs Legion’s pre-order bonuses and Collector’s edition.
Watch Dogs Legion pre-order bonuses
Pre-order Watch Dogs Legion, and you’ll receive the Gold King Pack, which includes a Lux Car Skin, Uneasy Lies Mask Skin, and Serpent Sisters Gun Skin, with any version you choose. My Best Buy members will also get $10 reward credit when pre-ordering from Best Buy.
Pre-order Watch Dogs Legion standard edition
Only interested in the base game? Then the standard edition is the one you’ll want. You’ll also receive any applicable pre-order bonuses.
Pre-order Watch Dogs Legion Gold edition
Upgrade to the Gold Edition, and you’ll receive three days of early access to Watch Dogs Legion and its season pass in addition to the base game and any pre-order bonuses.
Opt for the Ultimate edition, and you’ll also receive the Ultimate Pack, which consists of the Urban Jungle Pack and 4-week VIP status.
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Pre-order Watch Dogs Legion Collector’s edition
Finally, you’ve got the Collector’s edition, which adds in a Lighting Ded Coronet Mask (38 cm), an exclusive steelbook, a double-sided propaganda poster, and three stickers on top of everything in the Ultimate edition. Grab your copy quickly, as these Collector’s editions sell out quickly.
Ubisoft announced a new free-to-play 3v3 competitive game called Roller Champions during its E3 2019 press conference. It’s set to release early 2020 on PC, but a playable pre-alpha demo is available on Uplay for Windows PC, from now through June 14 at 6 AM PT.
At first glance, Roller Champions plays much like the actual sport of roller derby. Up to three players compete to make laps around an elliptical arena to gain speed and rack up points. The goal is to score five points, which can only be done when the goal opens after making a lap around the arena. After a single lap, a score through the goal nets one point, but if you make two or three laps, you score three and five points respectively. However, if the opposing team tackles you or your teammates and possesses the ball at any time as you’re building up laps, the potential points you can earn will reset.
The dynamic of Roller Champions seems reminiscent to Rocket League, focusing on high-energy competitive action. You can see how it looks in the gameplay video above.
As you get more wins, you’ll accumulate more fans, which unlocks customization items like new gear, animations, outfits, and more. This feeds into your progression overall, encouraging you to participate in games and earn more rewards.
For the latest news, previews, and gameplay from Ubisoft and E3 2019 in general, be sure to check our E3 hub. If you’re interested in the other press conference, be sure to check out our full E3 2019 press conference schedule.
E3 2019 is in full swing and FIFA 20 has been announced, but back here in the UK it’s last year’s football title, FIFA 19, that’s reaping the rewards. The existing FIFA game has risen to No.1 in the UK physical sales chart for the week ending June 8, according to sales monitor Chart-Track.
Following closely behind at No.2 is PS4 exclusive Days Gone. In fact, PlayStation titles are littered throughout the chart, thanks in part to Sony’s Days of Play sale. Spider-Man finishes at No.3, for instance, while Blood & Truth is at No.5 and PSVR Worlds is at No.10.
You can read the full top 10 sales chart for this week below, courtesy of UKIE and GfK Chart-Track. Note this table does not include digital sales data, and so should not be considered representative of all UK game sales.
If you were sad when you heard DC’s zombie outbreak event DCeased would just be a six issue mini-series, then we have some good news for you. An upcoming oversized one-shot titled DCeased: A Good Day to Die will tell an additional story set in that world turned mad by a techno-organic rage virus, spearheaded by DCeased writer Tom Taylor and joined by artists Darick Robertson (The Boys) and Laura Braga (DC Comics Bombshells) with more names to come.
“Honestly, as soon as I started writing DCeased, I realized I could write it for years,” Taylor told IGN over email on how this extra DCeased tale came to be. “With the epic scope of this series, there was no way to fit all the characters and all the ideas I had into just six issues. … We had a whole cast of characters whose tale was ending up on the comics cutting room floor. Writing is about killing your darlings, but these were darlings I wasn’t even going to get the chance to kill… until the idea of this special was raised by editor Ben Abernathy.”
